Watanabe Shinichiro Directs Sakamichi no Apollon
Sakamichi no Apollon official website (trailer)
Staff:
Director: Watanabe Shinichiro
Character Designer: Yuki Nobuteru
Chief Animation Director: Yamashita Yoshimitsu
Script: Kakihara Yuko ("Persona 4 The Animation"), Kato Ayako ("Chihayafuru")
Music: Kanno Yoko
Production Studio: MAPPA (Maruyama Masao's new studio), Tezuka Productions
Source: OCN
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I will be physically astounded if this manages to be anything short of amazing.
Mar 30, 2012 2:49 PM by StreetFighter
The Second PV came out.
Mar 30, 2012 2:23 PM by CEOAmaterasu
Mar 13, 2012 3:18 AM by Eliqsir
This is gonna be amazing, right next to Uchuu Kyoudai for best animes of the spring I bet XD
looks like K-On! with jazz minus moe (but who knows)
may be good but still it's jazz... so I won't even bother with it
Ugh...please don't mention that shitty anime here. Basing off the manga, this is so much more than slice-and-life.
Mar 7, 2012 3:02 PM by leokiko
Sales are only a relevant point when it comes to factoring in merchandise (official and fan-made) and second seasons/spin-offs. They can only contribute slight and very general insight to a show, like a footnote in this supposed story of yours. So sales do matter, but not in the way that should ever, ever impact how good or bad you think a show is (or anyone else for that matter). I don't even know why you posted that, since you seem to think somewhat similarly.
Feb 17, 2012 2:27 PM by fantastic
AnoHana and Guilty Crown are both better than anything I've seen aired on noitaminA.
Plus, they also both sold better (well, projected numbers for Guilty Crown do) than anything else on noitaminA in the last couple years,
I almost always skip Josei, and only watched Usagi Drop last year due to a spoiler I heard about its ending.
Josei stuff is the ultimate borefest, and Cowboy Bebop is probably the most overrated anime of all time, so its totally set up to be another one of those "Very deep but not actually good" shows people love.
This has to be the most idiotic thing I've read all month. You know I can be pretty lenient when it comes to opinions that differ to my my own (highly superior) opinions, not everyone is going to like the same thing, yeah yeah... However, this statement flies right past just mere opinion and lands smack dab in the realm of idiocy.
Feb 16, 2012 10:49 PM by fantastic
>Yoko Kanno
what
>Watanabe Shinichiro
WHAT
WHAT THE HELL
OH MAN
I'M DOWN
Feb 2, 2012 8:40 AM by Droplet
Jan 29, 2012 9:12 PM by tilitappaaja
April is looking good already.
Cowboy Bebop is probably the most overrated anime of all time,
That is your opinion and I will respect that. It is also my opinion in that I don't think you know what you're talking about in the slightest bit.
Jan 29, 2012 6:40 PM by Hias
What, the fuck...it's only 8AM and I've already seen the silliest thing possible today? What is this I don't even
*sighs*
Anyway. I love Shinichiro and Yoko, but I every genre on that list is against my personal tastes. I'll give the first episode a try but I'd really rather the two of them get together on something that could match Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo's amazingness.
Cowboy Bebop rides on the nostalgia of Adult Swim. I didn't see it until 2 years ago, since I didn't get into anime through the whole Adult Swim thing a decade ago, and it just wasn't very good to me. I persevered through it, but it was because people kept on telling me it would get better, and it never did.
I'm probably not the target demographic of shows like that, since I got into anime through the moe boom 5 years ago, but yeah.
Well, maybe for someone like you who presumes that a major part of the users in this site saw CB through Adult Swim, which is very unlikely, given how there are many users from Italy, Greece and so on. Not only that but even those users that could watch CB through Adult Swim may have not done so.
Last thing, though: the fact that you didn't like it does not mean it is overrated. Although, for me calling something overrated has always been a silly way to say that someone just couldn't get into a show for whatever reason and then tries to belittle it by calling it overrated.
Jan 29, 2012 7:51 AM by AiNoHikariToKage
this anime hasn't even started yet but i need to say this
"Sakamichi no Apollon" Is the best anime since 1910-eternity thanksss goddddddddd
Jan 29, 2012 7:08 AM by millo
i've never been this excited for an upcoming show
Yup.
Jan 28, 2012 8:59 PM by NeverKnowsBest26
Jan 28, 2012 4:26 PM by Motokompa
Jazz, Josei , Historical, Watanabe and Kanno, only one girl in the trailer XD
That at least got me intrigued. I want more news about it soon!
I'm probably not the target demographic of shows like that, since I got into anime through the moe boom 5 years ago, but yeah.
Oh noes, let das moe booom be damned for it's evulz acts! XD
As for WataShin, I can't get as excited about him as some others here but he's obviously competent at the very least. His fame in the west is about 90% Bebop, with the rest being mostly Champloo and a smidge for Macross Plus I guess. Nothing I'd rank as a personal favorite but I don't have any reason to fear his involvement either.
That's because he really have not directed too many stuff. He did some other participations like storyboards (Escaflowne, Eureka Seven, Ergo Proxy, Gundam Wing) or music (Michiko to Hatchin) or even that entry for Genius Party (I liked it xD).
Hey, I can see your point but I don't think it's needed for him to have a "big in quantity" list of works when to me he's so "big in quality" at what he already did. xD You get the few he did and see the way he blend music with action and the attention to every detail... Sure it's usually a lot episodic instead of being more of linear and consistent plot that "work as a whole" which might be saw as bad but there's a thing in there called "style" that I just have to say... Not many people can pull that off. xD
And of course Kanno helped a lot in that "style" with her awesome songs so Apollon has good prospects of becoming the great piece of this year!
Jan 28, 2012 4:15 PM by TBOkmph
Jan 28, 2012 9:15 AM by Ahmer
What, the fuck...it's only 8AM and I've already seen the silliest thing possible today? What is this I don't even
*sighs*
Anyway. I love Shinichiro and Yoko, but I every genre on that list is against my personal tastes. I'll give the first episode a try but I'd really rather the two of them get together on something that could match Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo's amazingness.
Cowboy Bebop rides on the nostalgia of Adult Swim. I didn't see it until 2 years ago, since I didn't get into anime through the whole Adult Swim thing a decade ago, and it just wasn't very good to me. I persevered through it, but it was because people kept on telling me it would get better, and it never did.
I'm probably not the target demographic of shows like that, since I got into anime through the moe boom 5 years ago, but yeah.
Jan 28, 2012 6:29 AM by RyanSaotome
This trailer really got me excited. O_o
Jan 28, 2012 6:14 AM by removed-user
BRS hasn't even aired yet and you are commenting on it's quality?
Then I will change that to very likely to be below average based on the trailers, staff, and studio.
Either way, it's undeniable that 2011 was noitaminA's worst year yet. I hope they turn around and go back to their roots.
Its quite deniable, based on your taste. I really prefer the type of anime they aired in 2011 than what they showed in the past. AnoHana and Guilty Crown are both better than anything I've seen aired on noitaminA.
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Anyway, not really interested in this show. I almost always skip Josei, and only watched Usagi Drop last year due to a spoiler I heard about its ending. Josei stuff is the ultimate borefest, and Cowboy Bebop is probably the most overrated anime of all time, so its totally set up to be another one of those "Very deep but not actually good" shows people love.
What, the fuck...it's only 8AM and I've already seen the silliest thing possible today? What is this I don't even
*sighs*
Anyway. I love Shinichiro and Yoko, but I every genre on that list is against my personal tastes. I'll give the first episode a try but I'd really rather the two of them get together on something that could match Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo's amazingness.
Jan 28, 2012 6:12 AM by SageShinigami
BRS hasn't even aired yet and you are commenting on it's quality?
Then I will change that to very likely to be below average based on the trailers, staff, and studio.
Either way, it's undeniable that 2011 was noitaminA's worst year yet. I hope they turn around and go back to their roots.
Its quite deniable, based on your taste. I really prefer the type of anime they aired in 2011 than what they showed in the past. AnoHana and Guilty Crown are both better than anything I've seen aired on noitaminA. Plus, they also both sold better (well, projected numbers for Guilty Crown do) than anything else on noitaminA in the last couple years, and Black Rock Shooter should do the same. Its a business after all, and it makes more sense to air popular stuff in that timeslot.
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Anyway, not really interested in this show. I almost always skip Josei, and only watched Usagi Drop last year due to a spoiler I heard about its ending. Josei stuff is the ultimate borefest, and Cowboy Bebop is probably the most overrated anime of all time, so its totally set up to be another one of those "Very deep but not actually good" shows people love.
Jan 28, 2012 5:44 AM by RyanSaotome
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